My Last "Silent Night"

Tonight as I nursed Brandon to sleep, I sang him "Silent Night".  I love singing lullabies to my kids, and I always sing "Silent Night" during the holiday season.  I realized that today was the last Christmas I will ever have a baby to sing "Silent Night" to.  And even though all day I kept thinking about how this is our last Christmas with a baby, and won't things be so much easier when Brandon is older... it still make me get a lump in my throat.  It is bittersweet to think that the baby chapter in my life is coming to a close.  

Even though it is our last Christmas with a baby, we also had some firsts:

1.  This was our first Christmas that no one was sick.  A true Christmas miracle!

2.  Even though there were moments of crying, I'm pretty sure it was our first Christmas when no one spent the entire day crying.  I swear, Magsy spent her first 3 Christmases crying, and it was super annoying.  

3.  First Christmas season since getting married that I won't travel at all.  And since my family came to see me, I didn't miss out on anything!

4.  First Christmas in our new home.  Epic.  

5.  First Christmas in about 20 years that I wasn't asked to sing at ANYTHING.  My ego is a little crushed.  But the busy-mom side of me quite enjoyed sitting back and relaxing.  

6.  First year neighbors brought treats over.  We've always had our close friends bring things over, but we received SO much this year, I was totally blow away by how many neighbors reached out to us.

It has been such a great holiday season.  I am looking forward to spending the rest of the holiday on my rear, but the weeks leading up to today have been jam packed with awesomeness.

A ballet recital at the Festival of Trees.

A baby boy in a super cute Christmas sweater.

Piano Recital.

Decorating our new house!  I am obsessed with decorating for Christmas.

A white Christmas!  It just isn't the same without snow, so I have been beyond thrilled the amount of snow we've had.  

A school program.

Delivering Christmas presents to needy families, dressed up as Christmas angels.

A fun Christmas party with Todd's coworkers.

More snow!

TONS of presents!

I ordered personalized cutting boards for my family this year.  They turned out so cute!

I got my first tablet, and am wondering how I ever lived without it.

Sledding in our neighborhood park.  Being able to walk to our sledding destination made sledding about a hundred times more manageable.  I freaking love our new neighborhood!

I sooooo loved hosting my side of the family for some pre-Christmas celebrating!  Ty's heart broke when he found out they wouldn't be here on Christmas Day.

Another Christmas miracle, a decent family photo!

Brandon continued to rock his Christmas sweater all season.  

Ty's smile and goofy side prevailed.

We acted out the nativity.

All the kids and dads got blow guns.  I foresee lots of fun in the future.  

We had Christmas mornings to ourselves, which was wonderful and relaxing.  

The kids and I made a blanket for Todd.  They loved helping!  

I got something sparkly....

If your house has to be messy, at least it's Christmas messy!

Bigelow Grandkids.

Brandon wearing his uncle Brian's shoes.  Too cute.  

What an amazing Christmas we've had!